Consultant Optimizely CMS

Lead end-to-end delivery of Optimizely CMS-based digital experience solutions, providing architectural direction, delivery leadership, and hands-on technical expertise. The role involves ~60% architecture & delivery leadership and ~40% hands-on engineering, ensuring scalable implementation, governance excellence, and enterprise-grade digital capabilities. You will work across multi-language, multi-market environments on Optimizely DXP, partnering with business and technical stakeholders to deliver modern, performant, and optimized web experiences.

• Solution Leadership & Architecture (Primary – 60%)

• Lead architecture, design, and technical direction for Optimizely CMS solutions in enterprise environments.

• Define scalable content architecture including content types, blocks, components, templates, workflows, and governance models.

• Own solution design covering CMS, personalization, search, integrations, multilingual/multimarket frameworks, and editorial governance models.

• Design and oversee Optimizely DXP implementations including environment topology, deployment slots, blue-green/canary strategies, CDN/edge configurations, and performance optimization.

• Conduct technical workshops, architectural reviews, solution walkthroughs, and author enablement sessions.

• Hands‑On Engineering (40%)

• Implement CMS features, content models, components, templates, routing, workflows, language management, and editorial features.

• Implement integrations with CRM/CDP, DAM, PIM, analytics, marketing automation, and external APIs (REST/GraphQL).

• Build personalization rules, content recommendations, search experiences, and advanced content workflows.

• Ensure SEO, accessibility (WCAG), security, performance, and compliance best practices are followed.

• Enterprise Authoring & Governance

• Design and maintain governance models including content approvals, workflows, roles/permissions, Projects, authoring guidelines, and content lifecycle.

• Support multilingual and multi‑site editorial processes for global content operations.

• Provide training, documentation, and enablement for content teams.

• Define authoring best practices to ensure consistency, quality, and efficiency across markets.

• Delivery & Client Interaction

• Serve as primary client-facing lead for technical discussions, workshops, demos, and solution reviews.

• Document architecture, technical specifications, workflows, integration contracts, and operational runbooks.

• Lead Agile ceremonies and ensure sprint delivery outcomes.

• Mentor developers, analysts, and content authors; support UAT, go‑live, and hypercare phases.

• Required Qualifications

• 8+ years total IT/digital experience with 4+ years dedicated to Optimizely CMS (CMS mandatory).

• Proven experience architecting and delivering enterprise Optimizely CMS websites, including multi‑language and multi‑market implementations.

• Strong .NET/C# and Optimizely CMS experience (content types, controllers, blocks, routing, caching, personalization).

• Experience with Optimizely DXP environments, deployment slots, CDN/edge, pipelines, and performance optimization.

• Experience with REST/GraphQL APIs, analytics platforms, DAM/PIM, CRM/CDP integrations.

• Strong understanding of SEO, WCAG accessibility, Core Web Vitals, and performance optimization.

• Excellent communication skills for workshops, documentation, and stakeholder interaction.

• Preferred Skills

• Optimizely certifications (CMS, Search & Navigation, Content Cloud).

• Experience with Optimizely Graph, Content Recommendations, personalization engines.

• Experience with React/Next.js front-end frameworks.

• Azure cloud experience: App Services, Key Vault, Application Insights, CDN.

• Strong experience in multi‑site/multi‑market content operations and governance.

• Knowledge of OAuth/OIDC, OWASP Top 10, GDPR/CCPA compliance.

• Experience with test automation, performance testing, and CI/CD pipelines.

Education: Bachelor of Engineering,Bachelor Of Technology

Preferred skills: Technology->Digital Commerce->E-Commerce Platforms->Optimizely